EVA welcomes Laetitia Nguala Masamba as the new Secretary General of EVA, after her unanimous appointment by the EVA General Assembly. Laetitia is a visual artist and published children’s book illustrator, [...]
EVA Secretary General Carola Streul leaves EVA EVA warmly celebrates Carola Streul, who in almost three decades of dedicated guidance and commitment to the cause of visual artists in Europe [...]
On 30th July, EVA co-signs the joint statement by a broad coalition of rightsholders active across the EU’s cultural and creative sectors regarding the AI Act implementation measures adopted by the European Commission.
EVA co-signed the open letter “Let the Culture Lead Us Forward”, calling on the European Parliament, the European Commission, and Member States to preserve Creative Europe as a stand-alone programme in the next Multiannual Financial Framework, double its budget and to raise the overall budget for culture to 2% of the MFF.
After the impressive impact of the joint statement of European cultural organizations denouncing the shortcomings of the Code of Practice, the same organizations have gathered a task force and developed [...]
The third draft of the GPAI Code of Practice undermines the objectives of the AI Act, contravenes EU law and ignores the intention of the EU legislator – we cannot support it.
On 4th March, EVA co-signed a letter addressed to the Czech Ministry of Culture to strongly oppose the recent proposal of amending the Copyright legislation, which would drastically cut private copying tariffs by 90%. Such a move would have serious implications for the Czech cultural and creative industries. The alert sent by Czech collective management organisations (including our member OOA-S) led to the joint response of five European organisations representing authors, performers, publishers and producers, asking for governmental support in ensuring private copying compensation, which is a consolidated concept in the EU acquis and cannot be reduced to a budgetary matter.
EVA, together with several authors’ organisations, has sent a joint letter to Vice-President Henna Virkkunen and Commissioner Glenn Micallef to denounce the lack of progress in the second draft of the General Purpose AI (GPAI) Code of Practice. Instead of moving forward, this draft weakens transparency and copyright protection, undermining its very purpose.
The Paris AI Summit on 10-11 February 2025, intends to promote reliable, sustainable and responsible AI. For the first time at this level, intellectual property is being discussed. This [...]
EVA, along with 23 other creators and rightsholder organisations across the EU, is urging EU policymakers to effectively implement the Artificial Intelligence Act. The joint letter emphasises the need to [...]
